As night deepened in Paris, the streets grew sparse with pedestrians, and a thick darkness, like a tide, swallowed the city's clamor, leaving only the dim yellow streetlights standing alone in the dark, silently keeping watch.
At the end of a secluded alley, Chen Kai found an empty corner. The air here was thick with the smell of decay, the damp walls were covered in moss, and broken junk was haphazardly piled, as if it were a forgotten ruin of the world.
The invisible Chen Kai dragged the unconscious Rattata with a slight effort, cautiously looking around to confirm no one was present, then threw it forcefully onto a pile of discarded wooden boards in the corner. The Rattata's body crashed down, and the boards creaked, making an especially eerie sound in the silent night.
Next, he laboriously dragged the black pig to a nearby spot where there were several rusted iron barrels and reeking garbage bags. Chen Kai pushed with both hands, and the black pig rolled over, deforming the iron barrels and scattering garbage everywhere.
Chen Kai looked at the two individuals, now separated, and let out a long sigh. He took out a Poké Ball and said, “From now on, you’ll have to follow me. Don’t worry, I’m not like that guy; I’ll release you back into the wild after a while.”
Musharna, inside the Poké Ball, closed its eyes and sighed helplessly.
Its trainer had already sold it to this person in front of him to save his own life.
Subsequently, it obeyed this human's command and erased the memories of its “former” trainer.
Musharna originally couldn't modify memories; it used to live a happy life of eating and sleeping. But ever since it followed its “former” trainer, it not only couldn't eat its fill or sleep soundly, but it also had to practice forcibly modifying memories in its sleep.
This kind of thing was not good for the brains of those whose memories were deleted, and it was also uncomfortable for Musharna, because in reality, it transferred the other party's memories into its own mind through dreams.
Regardless of the creature, having things added to or removed from its mind would certainly not be comfortable.
Now that it was out of its suffering, it just wondered if this “new” trainer would really release it back into the wild. It wasn't very good at surviving in the wild anymore!
Chen Kai clapped his hands, dusting them off, and prepared to leave.
He had already checked online, and that Nisus Company was the company that discovered Mega Evolution in the West. That being the case, everything made sense. This company must have known that Chen Kai possessed Mega Ampharos, so they wanted to understand the Dragon Kingdom's Mega scientific secrets by kidnapping Chen Kai.
Although Chen Kai was not afraid of the other party, he was in a hurry to find the legendary seasoning and simply couldn't spare the time to deal with them.
However, if the other party continued to send people to harass him, it would indeed be a headache.
Chen Kai pondered with this headache, and before he had walked far, the light next to him suddenly changed. Streaks of red light intertwined, surrounding him completely, forming a dazzling circle of red holographic images.
The images seemed to display some content, but unfortunately, it was all in French, which Chen Kai couldn't understand.
Chen Kai was startled, his first reaction being that his actions had been discovered.
But he was invisible; how did the other party detect him? As he thought, he tightly clutched Iron Hands's Poké Ball in his hand. If there was any disturbance around him, he would immediately have Iron Hands counterattack!
However, awkwardly, he waited for a long time, and besides the red holographic projection, there was no other movement around him.
Moreover, he found that this red holographic projection covered a considerable area; due to the tall buildings in the city blocking his view, he couldn't see the end of it for a while.
So, he began to ponder the text within the holographic projection.
“Miraidon, can you understand this?”
Miraidon responded from inside its Poké Ball, “How could I understand it! Unless you give me a phone, I’ll look it up.”
“Alright.” Chen Kai thought for a moment, deciding it wasn't good to release Miraidon while wearing the invisibility cloak. So, he found the back of a stairwell corner, took off the invisibility cloak, then called out Miraidon, and together they went online to study the French text.
“It seems to be about some kind of competition,” Miraidon said, somewhat uncertainly, after repeatedly comparing the text.
“Hiss, a competition in the middle of the night?” Chen Kai asked back, full of confusion.
Miraidon shook its head: “I haven’t heard of it either.”
Just as the human and Pokémon were studying, a dark-skinned young man approached from behind them. The young man secretly sized up Chen Kai; in his opinion, Chen Kai's strength didn't seem to be very strong.
So, the young man's lips curled slightly upward, and he casually tossed out a Poké Ball: “Go, Rattata, Bite!”
A Rattata appeared with a “whoosh,” baring its sharp teeth, its eyes fierce. Upon receiving the young man’s command, it charged towards Miraidon like an arrow released from a bow, opening its mouth to use the Bite skill.
Chen Kai instantly turned around, flicked his wrist, and a Poké Ball flew out. A flash of white light, and Grovyle made a brilliant appearance.
Grovyle's posture was nimble, its green body particularly striking under the red holographic light, its eyes sharp and determined, as if it had already prepared for battle.
“X-Scissor!”
Grovyle obeyed the command, pushing off with its hind legs, leaping high into the air, rapidly swinging its arms to use X-Scissor. Two fierce claw shadows, like sharp blades, cut through the air, accurately striking Rattata.
Rattata cried out, its body sent flying by the powerful force, crashing heavily to the ground, and after a few struggles, it lost its ability to battle.
The young black man hadn't expected Chen Kai to react so quickly, nor had he anticipated his Grovyle to be so powerful. He widened his eyes, his face filled with surprise and disbelief.
As for this young black man, let alone Iron Bundle or Miraidon, Chen Kai had already noticed him, which is why he had Grovyle charge up in its Poké Ball beforehand.
At this moment, the surrounding holographic projection spoke in French: “Thomas and Rattata have been defeated again, dropping from RANK Y back to RANK Z.”
“Ah!” The young man named Thomas cried out sadly. He had thought the somewhat dazed Chen Kai could help him maintain RANK Y, but who knew he had miscalculated; this yellow-skinned person was actually so strong!
And what Thomas hadn't expected even more was that after the opponent's Grovyle defeated Rattata, it actually ignored the holographic projection's warning and pressed its claws against his throat.
“Désolé (French for sorry), simimasen, sorry.” Thomas panicked. It was just a competition, it couldn't be that serious, could it?
But he didn't dare to gamble, so he just blurted out all the apologies he knew.
“You speak Chinese?” Chen Kai asked in surprise.
“A little bit.” Thomas quickly nodded.
Chen Kai asked displeased, “Then why did you ambush me?”
This was the third time he had been ambushed by a black person today, and he hadn't even been in Paris for 12 hours! He was furious now!
Thomas mumbled, mixing Chinese with French, explaining for a long time to Chen Kai. Chen Kai used a translation app to translate the French and finally understood.
This was Paris's battle zone, far from residential areas, and the Climb the Peak Competition was held even late at night!
Recently, this type of competition had become popular in most prosperous cities in the West.
Moreover, ambushes were allowed in the Climb the Peak Competition.
Chen Kai scratched his head, looking at Thomas, who seemed naive and clearly a student. So, he had Grovyle retract its claws.
It seemed he had been overly nervous and misunderstood the situation.